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Best Marketplace Startup Pitches

Every marketplace founder thinks they're building the next Airbnb. Most aren't. The chicken-and-egg problem alone kills most of them before they start. These founders think they've cracked it. The investors will be the judge.

25 episodes·10 funded

10 marketplace pitches received funding from The Pitch Fund. See all funded startups →

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Doctours: VC Funded Hair Transplants?! — The Pitch Season 14
Marketplace

Doctours: VC Funded Hair Transplants?!

Girum Tihtina

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Sundae: LTK for Groceries — The Pitch Season 13
Marketplace

Sundae: LTK for Groceries

Anastasia Trofimova

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Folio: The $1.2B Opportunity Nobody Saw — The Pitch Season 13
Marketplace

Folio: The $1.2B Opportunity Nobody Saw

Catherine Huang & Cathy Huang

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FranShares: Invest in Franchises — The Pitch Season 11
Marketplace

FranShares: Invest in Franchises

Kenny Rose

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ChurchSpace: Airbnb for Churches — The Pitch Season 11
Marketplace

ChurchSpace: Airbnb for Churches

Emmanuel Brown

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Terrascope: A Computer Vision Tale — The Pitch Season 9
Consumer Tech

Terrascope: A Computer Vision Tale

Kehan Zhou & Ismail Salhi

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Dressd: Red Carpet or Red Ocean? — The Pitch Season 9
Fashion

Dressd: Red Carpet or Red Ocean?

Capri Wheaton · Dressd

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A Big Bet on an Ex-Trucker — The Pitch Season 7
Marketplace

A Big Bet on an Ex-Trucker

Pierre Laguerre

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Uber for Pets — The Pitch Season 7
Consumer Tech

Uber for Pets

Aparna Srinivasan

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Will Coronavirus Kill This Deal? — The Pitch Season 7
Marketplace

Will Coronavirus Kill This Deal?

Ofo Ezeugwu

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A Deal Too Perfect to Pass Up — The Pitch Season 7
Marketplace

A Deal Too Perfect to Pass Up

Bobbie Racette

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Jillian to the Rescue — The Pitch Season 7
Marketplace

Jillian to the Rescue

Thor Wood

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Stop Killing Your Plants — The Pitch Season 6
E-commerce

Stop Killing Your Plants

Ryan Lee

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Enough Sales Calls Already! — The Pitch Season 6
B2B SaaS

Enough Sales Calls Already!

Andrew Hoagland

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Raising Kids Is Hard. So Is Raising a Startup. — The Pitch Season 6
Marketplace

Raising Kids Is Hard. So Is Raising a Startup.

Jen Saxton

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Is This the Amazon Prime of Airline Tickets? — The Pitch Season 5
Subscription

Is This the Amazon Prime of Airline Tickets?

Rama Poola

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Disrupting Work Happy Hour — The Pitch Season 5
Marketplace

Disrupting Work Happy Hour

Ryan Husk

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Park Your Pooch Here — The Pitch Season 5
Marketplace

Park Your Pooch Here

Chelsea Brownridge

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Ticket Scalpers, Beware! Blockchain Is Coming for You. — The Pitch Season 4
Consumer Tech

Ticket Scalpers, Beware! Blockchain Is Coming for You.

Harold Hughes

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Is This Sports App the Next OpenTable? — The Pitch Season 4
Marketplace

Is This Sports App the Next OpenTable?

Topias Soininen

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Get This Party Startup in Here — The Pitch Season 4
Marketplace

Get This Party Startup in Here

Julie Roth Novack

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How Much Do You Trust Your Barista? — The Pitch Season 4
Consumer Tech

How Much Do You Trust Your Barista?

Cody Candee

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What Is a Startup Actually Worth? — The Pitch Season 3
E-commerce

What Is a Startup Actually Worth?

Jared Kugel

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Could This Be the Next Airbnb? — The Pitch Season 3
Marketplace

Could This Be the Next Airbnb?

Courtney Caldwell & Tye Caldwell

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A Veteran Starts a Startup: Shift — The Pitch Season 2
B2B SaaS

A Veteran Starts a Startup: Shift

Mike Slagh

About Marketplace on The Pitch

What Marketplace startups have been on The Pitch?

The Pitch has featured 25 Marketplace startups. Each episode is an unscripted live pitch to a panel of venture investors, with real investment decisions made on air.

Which Marketplace startups got funded on The Pitch?

10 Marketplace startups received investment from The Pitch Fund. Browse all funded companies at thepitch.show/startups-funded.

How do I listen to these pitches?

Every episode is free on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major podcast platforms. Full transcripts and show notes are on each episode page at thepitch.show.

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